About

The Sustainable Fox is a queer led consultation service specializing in intersectional waste reduction.

We work with businesses to make sustainable actions more accessible in common spaces, connect with individuals to empower sustainable choices day to day, and provide related community education and activities; with an intersectional approach to sustainability.

Mission

To divert materials from landfill while making waste reduction fun and accessible, destigmatize interacting with our waste, and radicalize how waste management is approached as a community.

Vision

Producing waste is seen as an act of both environmental and social harm which should be systemically eliminated wherever feasible.

Reason

Valuing, and being respectful of our shared resources is an essential step in both overcoming the climate crisis and building kinder, more resilient communities.

Fox, Who?

Hey! I'm Sadie, The Sustainable Fox!

I'm a queer white-settler, born on Snuneymuxw Territory and now residing on WSANEC Territory. Thanks for stopping by the Fox Den!

As the founder of The Sustainable Fox, I have made it my mission to spread awareness about ways individuals and organizations can reduce (nay, improve!) their environmental impact, with a focus on making waste reduction fun and accessible.

My eco-obsession began in earnest when my Fox-Brother challenged me to the Glass Jar Challenge: one month of putting all our trash in a jar. I won, but we both gained something greater. Since completing that challenge almost a decade ago, the way I see and think, and why I make the choices I do has changed drastically - along with the size of my trash bin.

I've been on a journey learning to live (my ever evolving version of) a sustainable life. This way of living brings me joy and satisfaction, but to get here I experienced frustration, disappointment, shame, and hopelessness often. These feelings can be overcome.

Living a minimal waste life isn't as hard as you think! Switching to a minimal waste life takes practice, the right resources, and a fox hole full of positivity... I'm here to help you navigate that path!

Sadie, The Sustainable Fox

she/her and they/them

Sadie in front of a slatted wood wall. They have short brown hair, cascading metal earings, and yellow tinted aviator seeing glasses which they gaze through towards up-right.

Sadie Fox

Founder & Lead Consultant

Colleen sits on a hay bail in a pumpkin patch where sunlight brightens the scene! She wears a yellow toque, rainbow tasseled earrings, large clear glasses, and a jacket over a hoodie.

Colleen Blunt

Editor & Events Assistant

Theatre SKAM

Career-Long Partner

For the last five years, we've been working closely with Theatre SKAM to create a more sustainable future. We've helped them reduce waste at events and implement supportive, inclusive workplace recycling systems. SKAM has led by example, showing the local theatre community what is possible if we're willing to try and to devote adequate resourcing; possibilities like diverting 95% of event waste away from landfill! Big thanks and congratulations to Theatre SKAM for the amazing work you've put in!